Improvement in feather-renovators



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V Patented Feb. 1876.

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CHARLES 1). SMILEY, on MADISON, WISCONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN FEATHER -RENOVATORS.

Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 173,359, dated February 8, 1876; application filed January 15, 1876.

To all whom it mag renown Be it known that I, CHARLES D. SMILEY, of Madison, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and "aluable Improvement in Feather and Hair Renovators and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

' Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a transverse "ertical section of my renovator, and Fig. 2-is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in rotatin g steam feather and hair renovators; and it consists in a certain novel construction andarrangement of the various devices used, whereby very important and valuable results are obtained, as will be hereinafter-more fully set forth and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates an octagonal, preferably wooden, case, which is mounted on hollow journals 1) 1), communicating with a centrally-arranged longitudinal pipe, B, extending inside of the. case from end to end thereof.- Pipe B communicates, by means of short pipes c, with other pipes C of less diameter than it, arranged near the sides of the case, as shown in Fig. 2, and provided with inwardly-projecting funnelshaped educts D, through which steam will be discharged in a broad sheet upon the contents of the case, which'are introduced into it through a hinged door, D. Educts D are closed at pleasure, and simultaneously, by means of valves (1, rigidly secured. at a certain distance apart'to a strong metallic rod, E, which is arranged in pipe 0, and is sustained therein by means of disks e at each end, as shown in Fig. 2. This rod extends through one end of the box, and is provided with a handle, by means of which the valves 01 are operated, so as to cut off the escape of steam through the funnel-shaped educts D from pipes O, which is accomplished by thrusting NrrEn "STATES ,A'IENT- OFFICE.

rod E inward. By again drawing the said rod outward the valves d will be drawn away from the lower ends of the said educts, thus allowing the steam to pour into the interior of the case upon the material arranged therein. In practice steam will be admitted to pipes B 0 through one of the hollow journals, and the case will be rapidly rotated while the articles are being steamed, thus continually subjecting fresh surfaces to the cleansing action of the steam, which will be spread over them in a broad sheet by the flaring educts D. The contents of the case having been subjected to the action of steam for a sufficient time, steam is cut off by thrusting rod E inward, and thus closing educts D, when, by removing a cap, F, upon a refuse-pipe, G, passing through the case, and communicating with the central pipe B, the condensed steam may be drawn 0d, and a current thereof of high temperature allowed to pass through the said central pipe and its connections, the efi'ect of which will be to speedily dry-the contents ofthe case, which being accomplished a vibrating door, F, closing an aperture, f, in the side of the case, will be opened, allowing the cleansed feathers or hair to be delivered into a mattress or sack, which will be secured to the side of. the case by means of hooks g, provided for the purpose. I represents a second hinged door, closing an opening, h, extending from end to end of the case, which opening is closed by a reticulated or sieve-like material, I, which is of curved form, and is designed to let out the freed dirt, broken feathers, and the like.

It will be seen from the above description that I have combined in one device means for steaming moss, hair, or feathers, anddeviceswhereby the steamed materials may be subsequently dried and discharged into a mattress or sack without touching the floor.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a hair and feather renovator, the rotating case A, having a central tube, B, lateral tubes 0, and communicating pipes c, in combination with the funnel-shaped educts D,

sIide-vrlves d and the operating-rod E, pro- In testimony thatfclaimitbe above I have" vided with disks 6 e, substantially. asspecie hereunto subscribed my name in the presence fied. d of two witnesses.

2. The steam-pipes 0, having funnel-shape eduots D, in combination with the operating- CHARLES DENSIMORE SMILEY rod E, provided with valves. (1 and disks 6 e, I Witnesses: substantially as described, and for the pur- WAYNE HAMSAY, pose set forth. M. O. CLARKE. 

